“- You take evil for good. It's a passing crisis. It's the result of your illness, perhaps.- You do despise me! It's simply that I don't want to do good, I want to do evil, and it has nothing to do with illness.- Why do evil?- So that everything will be destroyed. Oh, how nice it would be if everything were destroyed! You know, Alyosha, I sometimes think of doing a lot of harm. I would do it for a long while secretly and then suddenly everyone would find out. Everyone will stand around and point their fingers at me and I will look at them all. That would be awfully nice.”

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About Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Russian novelist of the 19th century, Dostoyevsky is best known for his psychological depth and exploration of human suffering, morality, and redemption. His works, including *Crime and Punishment* and *The Brothers Karamazov*, dissect the complexities of the human condition with unmatched intensity.

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